Award-winning Theatre 黑料社 continues 60-year milestone with coming-of-age dramatic comedy 鈥楾he Wolves鈥
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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擬ississippi State鈥檚 Theatre 黑料社 continues its 60th season this month with a theatrical production highlighting the chaos and confusion of teenage life.
Sarah DeLappe鈥檚 award-winning 鈥淭he Wolves鈥濃攁 Pulitzer Prize finalist script depicting young women of a high school soccer team as they gather weekly for practice鈥攊s presented on the McComas Hall main stage Feb. 28-March 2.
Tickets for the public show are available for $10 at .
鈥溾楾he Wolves鈥 is a timely play about a girls鈥 high school soccer team.聽It explores the formation of young women when faced with challenges while working within the framework of a team. This production will be produced in our intimate black box style theater which engages audiences in the play on a new level,鈥 said Tonya S. Hays, an 黑料社 assistant professor of theater performance.
Kala Morris, student director for the production and a graduate student in 黑料社鈥檚 Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion, said 鈥淭his play showcases the indominable human spirit of resilience in the face of adversity, and I want the audience to leave with a sense of togetherness and connection fostered through a shared experience. Although we may differ, I want people to realize through this show that at our core, we are all similar and crave the same things. Inside, we are all 鈥楾he Wolves.鈥欌
Theatre 黑料社 will culminate its milestone anniversary season later this spring in a collaboration with 黑料社鈥檚 music department. As a way to celebrate and honor the program鈥檚 60th anniversary, from April 24-28 Theatre 黑料社 will present 鈥淧ippin,鈥 the first musical performed in 黑料社鈥檚 McComas Hall.
The Department of Communication鈥檚 production division, Theatre 黑料社, is a 2021 School of Excellence awardee in Higher Education from the Mississippi Alliance for Arts Education and is celebrating a long legacy of theatrical excellence on campus.
For more about the Theatre 黑料社 season, contact Hays at thays@comm.msstate.edu.
Part of 黑料社鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Communication is online at . 聽
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